A 23-year-old resident of the Bobojon-Ghafourov district in the northern province of Sughd has been detained on suspicion of killing his neighbor. Criminal proceedings have been instituted against him, and he faces up to 15 years in prison, the Interior Ministry reported.
According to the ministry, the suspect is Komron Komiljonzoda. In a video released by the authorities, he stated that he stabbed 22-year-old Shahrom Jourayev due to personal hostility and long-standing animosity.
Investigators established that the incident occurred on January 6 on Karl Marx Street in the administrative center of the Bobojon-Ghafourov district. Komiljonzoda claimed that the victim had previously insulted members of his family, which allegedly triggered the conflict.
The suspect said he only intended to scare Jourayev and stabbed him once in the left side of the chest. However, the wound proved to be fatal.
The victim was taken to hospital in critical condition and later died from his injuries.
Criminal proceedings have been instituted against Komron Komiljonzoda under Article 110 (3) of Tajikistan’s Criminal Code — intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm, which carries a sentence of 12 to 15 years’ imprisonment.
The official position of the suspect and his relatives has not yet been made public.
Earlier, the Sughd Regional Court handed down a verdict in another high-profile case. A young man was sentenced to 24 years in prison for killing his girlfriend after she refused to marry him.
The 20-year-old resident of the Zafarobod district Shhahboz Nourulloyev was arrested in September on suspicion of the brutal murder of the 19-year-old Charos Asrorova, with whom he had been in a relationship. The court found Nourulloyev guilty under Article 104 (2) of Tajikistan’s Criminal Code – murder with extreme cruelty.
According to investigators, he stabbed the young woman 16 times and then attempted to conceal the crime by dousing her body with gasoline and setting it on fire. The court determined that the motive for the murder was revenge following the victim’s refusal to accept his marriage proposal.
